Import Ban for Entities Subject to Weapons of
Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations

Summary:

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has reported that several foreign entities are no longer subject to the import ban of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations.

On April 2, 2004, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a notice that the Secretary of State has declared that the following foreign entities are no longer subject to the import ban of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations (Title 31 Part 539 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations):

OFAC has asked that we distribute this information to all FDIC-supervised institutions to inform them that transactions with these entities may be conducted in the normal course of business. OFAC information also may be found on the Internet at http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/.

Please distribute this information to the appropriate personnel in your institution. For further information about Executive Orders, or the import ban for the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations, please call OFAC's Compliance Programs Division at 1-800-540-6322.